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Market wrap morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... quarter dwelling unit commencements figures while the Westpac/Melbourne Survey of Consumer Sentiment also due out. In equities news, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser is scheduled to deliver key speech at Conversation Series lunch in Sydney and Investec ...

Altius: Role of fixed interest hazy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... many investors are confused by what fixed interest as asset class - which is technical in nature and not as intuitive as equities - really means, said Bill Bovingdon, chief investment officer of Altius Asset Management. "We had a period up until 2008 ...

No mandates lost over hybrid model: AustSuper

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... the next five years. AustralianSuper wants to manage funds internally, starting with the management of its Australian equities portfolio through a hybrid internal/external system. Innes McKeand, AustralianSuper's head of equities said that Australian ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... lending finance figures, while the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for August is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed slightly higher as investors digested economic data from the United ...

Aus Sup to manage 30% of own funds in 5 years

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... creating a hybrid internal/external management model with the establishment of an internal management team for Australian equities which will commence trading mid 2013. "AustralianSuper has the scale and capability to move from a model of almost entirely ...

IFM appoints global head of marketing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... billion on behalf of institutional investors across four asset classes -- debt, infrastructure, private equity and listed equities. It is owned by 32 major not-for-profit Australian pension funds.

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... gap is normally around 2 percentage points over the medium to long term. In contrast to strong returns in Australian equities, international equities lost 1.6% in July, but international bonds were up 1.8%. Property meanwhile delivered 0.6%, Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... In economic news on Monday, The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release housing finance for July. In equities news, the Federal Court is expected to hear Australian Securities and Investments Commission proceedings against Storm Financial ...

Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... need to look at what the investment is attempting to achieve especially as the critical element is the correlation with equities," he said. "Investors can then judge the strategies based on their intended outcomes." Pillemer said this deeper understanding ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for August is scheduled to come out. No major equities news is expected. The Australian sharemarket on Thursday closed higher on the back of positive corporate news and jobs figures ...